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    Throughout multiple mythological stories women have been shown as jealous‚ revengeful and intrusive. Prometheus and Pandora The Great Bear Perseus and Medusa Medea (A Women Scorned) Antigone Prometheus and Pandora~ Prometheus and his brother stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind. Of course‚ the gods were furious. As PUNISHMENT‚ the gods gave the brothers a women‚ named Pandora to Prometheus and his brother. However‚ even as punishment‚ the gods still gave Pandora valuable traits. Epimetheus

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    The book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina is historical fiction which is loosely based on real people. The book discusses the trials and tribulations of the Coal War in West Virginia and the surrounding areas. The book takes place during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Storming Heaven is written from perspectives of different characters. This gives the reader a broader perspective of the events of the time. Since the characters are both male and females the readers learn to understand the struggles

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    By: Andrew Azevedo A Walk to Beautiful Assignment An obstetric fistula is a condition in which a hole develops between the bladder and vagina or rectum and vagina due to loss of blood supply to the surrounding mucosal tissues. Usually‚ the causes are attributed to prolonged labor due to small pelvic cavity that hinders development causing the baby to press against the tissues and resulting in inadequate blood profusion and necrosis of the surrounding tissues. Other factors include rape/sexual

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    My Beautiful Place Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong era? I ask this because I know I do. The place that I consider beautiful is America‚ but please bear with me for a second and let me explain. I’m not talking about the America built on people who are famous for just being famous or the obese population produced by Mc Donald’s‚ I’m not even referring to the weather (yes I’m still bitter about the excuse of a “summer” we get in Ireland). To me America isn’t beautiful anymore but

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    being the “life of the party” | A | Always talks to strangers‚ about anything | A | Talks to all- all the time | A | Strangers don’t scare Tara | All A’s | 2. Are you more(a) realistic than speculative (b) speculative than realistic | A | I like things to be realistic and achievable | B | Optimistic | A | All about realistic | A | realistic | Half and Half | 3. Is it worse to(a) have your "head in the clouds" (b) be "in a rut | B | Being in a “rut” would be the worst. | B | Would rather dream

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    four of us were in ninth grade. We were fifeen years old. We unsaddled and staked out our horses. Momentarily‚ we began enjoying ourselves. There was so much to say. Questions. Jokes. So much laughter to resume. Now I shudder to remember it. How beautiful was that moment! We were young. We knew how to love and how to sing. Without alcohol‚ without drugs‚ without uncouth vulgarities. When Abrán arrived‚ we ate. I had a tasty‚ delicious-smelling side of lamb‚ roasted on the coals. They had brought

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    Stairway to Heaven is a song by the rock band Led Zeppelin that was released November 8th‚ 1971. The song is not just widely considered to be one of the best rock songs of all time‚ but is considered to be one of the best pieces of music ever recorded. The song is off of the band’s fourth studio album Led Zeppelin IV‚ which was released on the same date. The song was written by lead singer‚ Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page. Verse 1 A lady seems to think that anything can be bought with money

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    FrontCover-SP11:Layout 1 3/31/11 4:02 PM Page 1 ILO-001-TOC-SP11:Layout 1 11/3/11 7:25 PM Page 1 on-line digest Vol. 90‚ No. 1 • Spring 2011 IVY LEAF MAGAZINE: OFFICIAL ORGAN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY‚ INC. special features 5 Carolyn House Stewart 2011 National Founders’ Day: Reflections & Remembrance of Timeless Service EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Deborah L. Dangerfield EXECUTIVE EDITOR Connie Lynne Cochran EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ivy Leaf (ISSN 0021-3276) is published quarterly

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    Catherine Coghlan Dr. Robert Meade English 320 VO2 10/23/2014 Il Pentamerone: The She-Bear Between 1550 and 1650‚ Europe was swept by a fascination with astounding accounts of monsters and other marvels of courageous men slaying dragons‚ women giving birth to animals‚ young females growing penises‚ and all manner of fantastic phenomena. Known as “fairy tales‚” these stories had many guises and inhabited a variation of literary texts. One of the first collections of such fairy tales‚ published in

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    Eunice Grace V. Gatdula July 31‚ 2012 Abma 111 Ms. Timi Banzon Aparisyon by Vincent Sandoval I can’t tell if I like this movie‚ or if that’s just the feminist in me talking. Before this movie‚ I saw Oros by Paul Sta. Asia‚ and Bwakaw by Jun Robles Lana. Both were very good‚ but after I saw this‚ I couldn’t talk about anything else. As sad and misleading as it may seem‚ Aparisyon did not contain any monsters‚ or ghosts‚ or aswangs. I was a little disappointed at that

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